The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-22

Ter, horsed with four BAYS, each and all
open, The procession proceeded at smart
walking pace into Constitution Hill, and
then adopted more deliberate gait. Owing
10 bhe iateness of the spring the beautiful
green OF the avenue trees, the sweet odors of
the hawthornS and the splendid uniforms
OF the military, coupled with the enthusiasm
OF the crowd, made the occasion one of res
freShing enchantment.
Inc procession slowly made its wav until
the Wellington Arch was reached. and then
the f1lSt introduction to London's streets
ensued.
WELCOME TO LONDON.
Emerging from Wellington arch, the first
to greet the Queen We're the convalescent
patents and others at ST. Georges Hospital,
which was packed from basement to roof,
seats-having been erected for many thous-
ands over the roof of the hospital On
reaching Picadilly the Queen was seen to
look up at the Apsley House, and as she
passed the mansions of her intimate friends,
she glanced somewhat hastily at
their abodes, more especially when
passing the residence of the Duke of
Cambridge, the Baron Rothschild, the
baroness Burdett- Coutts, and John Brights'
Old apartments. 1t was not until Devon
shire House was reached that the Queen be-
gan to realize the grand preparations that
had been made to greet her. Here the Mar
quis of Harrington had had spacious gal
lery erected, from which many hundreds of
gally dressed ladies waved their handker-
chiefs and cheered the Queen.
THE THRIFTY BRIToN
Facing the Devonshire House. at the Bath
Hotel, immense rows of seats had been erect
ed, and from this point to Westminster
Abbey, every point of vantage had been
seized upon by the contractors to fix seats.
Shop fronts and the first floors were rented
at from 920 to $50 each, and in some cases
even more The fronts of the Burlington
Arcade, Royal Academy, the Egyptian
Hall, St James parish church where /, 900
children were seated and sang God Save
the Queen'9, and the Museum of Geology,
were all packed with human beings On
reaching the Regent Circus. where six main
streets converge, the sight was a memorable
one, the streets being all splendidly deco
rated with flowers, flags, evergreens etc
Many of the imposing commercial buildings
along the way were
ONE MASS OF HEADS.
Many of the shops hereabouts had their
fronts removed and elegant bOudoirs formed
in their places. The procession, as viewed
from the Duke of York's column, passing
down the hill from the circus to Pail Mall,
east, was a remarkable sight The shouts
of the people were plainly heard from the
top of the column as one vast roar. Many
American ladies and gentlemen had secured
seats at the palatial commercial establish
ment in Waterloo Place and Joined in the
enthusiasm as warmly as the English. Pass
ing around Pail Mall, east, a large gallery
was erected over the colonnade of Her
Majestys Theatre, where the 500 chairs,
rented at from 2 and to
guineas each were we'll filled, as also at the
Waterloo House, in Cockspur street. Ira
falgar Square was now reached, and every
where one looked, nothing but heads were
to be seem The crowd here was tremen-
dous one, and completely eclipsed any that
has assembled at the greatest political gath
erings of recent years. The steps and lions
of the Nelson Column were crowded with
people, while the roof and steps of st. Mar
tins church and the steps of the National
gallery, were
PACKED WITH A DENSE MOB.
After crossing Trafalgar square, where
the police had great difficulty in keeping the
people back, the procession gradually ap-
preached Northumberland avenue, which
on its southwest side is mainly covered with
two gigantic hotels, the Hotel Victoria and
the Hotel Metropole. These, as well as the
newly erected Constitution Club building,
were crammed with Sightseers. On reach
ing the Thames embankment the procession
had to make a detour almost at a right
angle from the new National Liberal Club
to st. Stephens Club. The enthusiasm was
indescribabe. Men clambered up the trees
in such numbers as to badly injure many of
them. All along the Thames embankment,
where not occupied by the public gardens,
seats and galleries had been erected. On
turning into Bridge street around st. Ste
phen's Club
HER MAJESTY OBTAINED A FULL VIEW
of the Abbey and the preparations which
had been made in Parliament square. The
ground floor of the Abbey was concealed by
a lofty grand stand called ''St Margaret's, y
the seats of which were sold for five guineas
each. Another block of seats called the
Gaming Stand accommodated 400 per-
sons. All around the square, and even
across the river at the st. Thomas
Hospital the windows were crowded
with people. On the procession near
ing the Abbey, the troops saluted,
guns were fired, bells of the churches rang
out merry peals and the flags were run up,
the cheering being continued until the
Queen had passed into the west door. After
passing through the vestibule her majesty
was conducted to the grand dais under the
grand tower. She was surrounded by thirty
two members of the royal family. The
scene in the Abbey, when the Queen entered,
seated. They all rose and the women dis
carded their wraps and revealed the full
sPLENDoR OF THEIR BEAUTY
and attire. Three tiers of galleries had been
built in the Abbey, with seats for 10000.
The peers and their wives were seated in
the south transept. The Ambassadors and
Diplomatic corps were seated right and left
of the peers The members Of the House of
Commons were placed i'll the north transept.
The seats for the members Of the reigning
families of the continent were within the
communion rails. All the great learned
societies and corporations were represented,
while the notables of the law, science, art
and agriculture, and the workingmen's
representatives, from all parts OF the
United Kingdom, had seats duly allotted
to them. The Queen, evidently, was pro-
foundly impressed with the scene prepared
for her. She was notably pale when she
reached the dais. She soon, however, re-
covered and regained the bright and pleas
ing aspect she had borne all the morning.
The religious services in the Abbey in COM
memoration of the Queens Jubilee, were
conducted according to a carefully prepared
propramme The Archbishop OF Canter-
bury and tho Dean Of Westminster alone
conducted them. Nearly every dignitary
of the established church, however, was
present, also a great number of distinguished
clergymen belonging to other denomina-
tions
THE QUEENS ADVENT
was arranged so that she entered the Abbey